By David Read on Wednesday February 22 2012 in Exclusive, Skateboarding, Way Back Wednesday
My Periphery This guy, back then, reminds me of a young Wignall from Irrom Screenplay/51 Crew days. Oh, and O.G J-5. Eclipse I like Gino Perez sag and bag, bag of tricks that is. I can’t really explain much more. When I was 14 I… More ›
By David Read on Tuesday February 21 2012 in Competitions, Events, Exclusive, News, Skateboarding
Billabong New Zealand HQ (Tuesday 21th February, 2012): Over 30 of New Zealand’s best skateboarders will be putting their bodies on the line during a massive invite-only showdown on purpose-built street-course in Auckland’s iconic Aotea Square this Saturday. With only a few days to go until the… More ›
By David Read in Competitions, Events, Exclusive, News, Skateboarding
As part of the 2012 Billabong City Squared event in Auckland’s Aotea Square, Sony welcomes members of the audience to try their hand at shooting the action and atmosphere of the event for a chance to win a Sony Alpha D-SLT Camera. Head to the… More ›
By Jake Mein on Wednesday February 15 2012 in Exclusive, Skateboarding, Way Back Wednesday
N.A.F.W.A.V.F. I first saw this guy in a vid called North from Canada that Gus Curwood had bought back from a trip over there. I was pumped on him. I realised a couple years ago that there hadn’t been many more clips of him surface… More ›
By Jake Mein on Tuesday February 14 2012 in Exclusive, News, Skateboarding
D.O.B 10/11/95. I popped out in? Kumeu. Currently I reside in? Te Atatu. Because? Of the park and the locals. Sponsors? Ginge at Cheapskates Khyber and Mark Hill from Insight helps me out. Outside of skateboarding the bulk of my time is spent? Watching skate… More ›
By markbarber on Thursday February 9 2012 in Barber's Blog, Exclusive, Skateboarding
So the Issue of SLAM with my Creature Tour coverage is on the shelves today. I think I mentioned in a previous blog that it rained a lot of the time, so here are a few of the left over shots of us chilling and… More ›
By David Read on Wednesday February 8 2012 in Exclusive, Way Back Wednesday
STOMPING GROUNDS In one of the first few Waybacks I threw the Puma Clyde up. I was ranting ’bout how cheap you used to be able to get them joints. The asking price was like 50 spot in the early 90s. Well, a funny thing… More ›
By David Read on Tuesday February 7 2012 in Events, Exclusive, Skateboarding
With competition day being less than three weeks away the rider list for the 2012 Billabong City Squared is almost complete. Heavy hitters from all over New Zealand will be storming Auckland’s Aotea Square on Saturday 25 Feb for one badass battle. Rider List (as… More ›
By David Read in Exclusive, From The Mag, Park Ranger, Skateboarding
For many years Raglan has been firmly on the radar, famous for serving cups of tea to the surf culture in Manu Bay’s green room. Now the masses that migrate west for the summer have something new to write home about. Postcards are going to… More ›
By David Read in Exclusive, Skateboarding
A few of us had the opportunity to skate the new park being built in Nixon Park (Bond St) Kingsland, Auckland in advance of its opening. The park was constructed by James Blas’s company Custom Skateparks and it will be officially opened by Mayor Len Brown on… More ›
By Jake Mein on Thursday February 2 2012 in Barber's Blog, Exclusive, Skateboarding
So it was Bjorn’s pro board release party last Friday night at Ambush Gallery in Waterloo. From what I can recall it was good as. All I remember was pretty much as soon as it ended we stole all of the boards that were on… More ›